In this article we look again at Tuesday 13th February 2024 (Victoria's ‘Major Power System Event’) and sum up the impact of the event on net exports from Victoria over a 14-hour period, but...
A short record of the start of some price volatility in South Australia on Monday 11th March 2024.
A short record of evening volatility in VIC and SA during the heatwave on Sunday 10th March 2024.
A short note to record some slightly elevated demand in VIC and SA on Sat 9th March 2024 over a hot long weekend.
A short note looking at CFA warnings of 'Extreme Bushfire Risk' for locations in Victoria on Wednesday 28th February 2024.
Geoff Eldridge provides a list of some the key records that were broken in the NEM yesterday, thanks particularly to high demand coming from Victoria.
Some interesting data coming from our forecast convergence widget yesterday afternoon, hinted to us that bushfire smoke is likely to have been impacting rooftop PV generation levels in Victoria.
Ben Domensino of WeatherZone provides an update on the bushfire danger in Victoria and Tasmania, whilst temperature forecasts are projected to be elevated in northern NSW.
Victorian 'Market Demand' today (9,260MW at 15:40) is the highest we've seen since 31st January 2020 ... just over 4 years ago.
A hot afternoon in VIC and TAS, with bushfires in both states, is driving volatility on Thursday 22nd February 2024
Perhaps unrealised by many, but Tuesday afternoon's events in Victoria resulted in a new record low in terms of number of coal units being online in the region, Geoff Eldridge explores.
Guest author Allan O'Neil continues our series of posts on very low system demand levels in South Australia and Victoria on New Year's Eve, with a few unresolved questions remaining
A tabular summary of how 'declining demand' has been an accelerating theme in most regions of the NEM (and NEM-wide) through 2023.
Part 4 in a series today, about what happened in Victoria with minimum demand and warnings of possible intervention to *increase* demand.
Third article today, focusing on an apparent anomaly between AEMO's P30 and P5 predispatch forecasts for Victorian demand today (Sun 31st Dec 2023).
A second article today on this challenging day for the Victorian grid, looking at which supply sources are running.
First article today, recording a new 'lowest ever' point for demand in Victoria (Sun 31st Dec 2023), and possible intervention from AEMO has it looks to drop further, leading to possible grid instability.
A quick record of Sun 12th Nov 2023, with 'minimum demand' dropping further in Victoria
A quick capture of an unfolding situation on Saturday 16th Sept 2023 - seeing record low demand (in VIC and NEM-wide), and highest ever IRPM.
An article at the end of the week in which AGL Energy announced the establishment of a Structured Transition Agreement (STA) with respect to Loy Yang A and the notice of closure for 30th...